One of the fortunate few able to take a brief ride on the Locomotion No. 1 wonders aloud which way we'll be going. The reply comes: "It's a bit of a surprise actually. We'll see." The steam billows, ...

Thousands of steam enthusiasts lined the tracks to watch a newly restored replica of Locomotion No 1 re-enact the birth of the railways 200 years ago. The engine, pulling a carriage with the Duke of ...

Replica Locomotion No1 passes through Heighington, County Durham, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on its first official journey in 200 years from the Locomotion Museum in Shildon to Darlington, as part of ...

More than one million people took part in a year-long festival marking the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington ...

More than one million people attended events across County Durham, Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees to mark the 200th ...

Thousands gathered to see a replica steam engine embark on a three-day journey to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). Why all the fuss? When it came to its ...

Thousands of people arrived in Shildon, North East England to see the replica of the steam train, Locomotion No.1, set off down the tracks to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway.